THE TERRORIST REPORT…
*The Free Choice E-zine does not support terrorism, no matter what the “cause” or alleged “justification”. Thus we will only be posting news items whenever terrorists are brought to justice.

😭PASSING PARADE…
*Composer David Maslanka is no longer with us.
*Actor Haruo Nakajima (the original Godzilla franchise, Seven Samurai) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.
*Actress Barbara Cook (The Music Man, Candide) has taken her last bow on life’s stage.
*Singer (“Galveston”)/actor (the original True Grit) Glen Campbell has taken his last bow on life’s stage.
*Actor Sitaram Panchal (Slumdog Millionaire) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.

COMMON BONDS
The items within each subset have something in common.
Do you know what it is?
01. {Orleans, Shania Twain} = Both have sang that their loves are ♫Still the One♫
02. {Steve Winwood, The Monkees} = Both have sang about a woman named ♫Valerie♫

Sunday, August 6, 2017

Hello Everybody! Waxy Dragon here!
I'm just kicking back, still enjoying my summer vacation from Dragon School. Don't have to be back until after Labor Day (and considering how many people are now stuck working on what used to be a holiday, I can see why they call it that), so let's enjoy some summer puns together.
Ready?

I hate people who talk behind my back. They discussed me.

I made a chemistry joke, but got no reaction.

For those who have seen and enjoyed the movies: I put my phone in airplane mode and now it calls
me Shirley.
Alternative facts are an aversion of the truth.

Deja Moo. The feeling you've heard this bull before.

If your feet fall asleep and don't wake up, are they coma toes?

I wrote a song about a tortilla. Actually, it is more of a rap.

My favorite allergy song is ♫Blowin' In The Wind♫ by Peter Pollen Mary.

Wish I was there...

Instead of here.

Well, in any event, have a great week folks and please be back next weekend for more Sunday Funnies!—wd.

THE TERRORIST REPORT…
*The Free Choice E-zine does not support terrorism, no matter what the “cause” or alleged “justification”. Thus, we shall only be posting news items whenever terrorists are brought to justice.

😭PASSING PARADE…
*Actress Mariann Mayberry (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 2005 version of War of the Worlds) has taken her last bow on life’s stage.
*Ara Parseghian, noted football player and coach, has passed away.
*Actor Robert Hardy (All Creatures Great and Small, the Harry Potter film franchise) has taken his last bow on life's stage.

FUN FACT
Despite the belief that the average human being only uses 10% of their brain, it is actually working at full capacity, even when you’re asleep!COMMON BONDS
The items within each subset have something in common.
Do you know what it is?
01. {Orleans, Shania Twain}
02. {Steve Winwood, The Monkees}

TRIVIA TIME
What do Ictheologists study?

We’ll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from the July 29, 2017 Puzzle Corner.

WHAT’S THAT SONG?
A line from a song is below. All you have to do is know the title. Ready?
♫And a better dental plan than the FBI!♫Party in the CIA by “Weird” Al Yankovic.

HUH?
We tried to remember a famous quote below, but didn’t quite get it right.
Do you know the correct line?

“To be or not to be. Or maybe it was 3A.”
This is actually a humorous version of the opening of Hamlet’s soliloquy by William Shakespeare.
The correct line is “To be or not to be. That is the question.”

Sunday, July 30, 2017

Hello Everybody! Autumn the Puppy here!
Being an intellectual puppy, I love intellectual games as well as traditional dog stuff.
I mean, I still fetch (with the right incentive), play "tug of war", go for walks, etc; but I also like to use my brain too.
I prefer Jeopardy! to Wheel of Fortune, actually watch the news (although most of the stuff that happens outside my own backyard I don't always understand), and I love chess.
That classic game of knights, pawns, queens, kings, bishops, etc.
A game of strategy and wits in a bloodless battle on a pretty simplistic field of honor.
Or in other words, I'm posting some chess themed jokes today. Ready?

A group of chess enthusiasts had checked into a hotel, and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse.
"But why?" they asked, as they moved off.
"Because," he said, "I can't stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer."

In a park people come across a man playing chess against a dog. They are astonished and say, "What a clever dog!"
But the man protests, "No, no, he isn't that clever. I'm winning three games to one!"
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match against me at kick boxing.😉

“Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawnshop?”
"Maybe, but don't get rooked into paying a high price for it."

One friend said to the other, "I saw an explosive game of chess the other day," to which the other replied, "How so?"
"The first move was pawn to c4!

And on that note♫, have a great week everybody and please be back here again next weekend for more Sunday Funnies!—AtP.

THE TERRORIST REPORT…
*Sadly, bombs are still the terrorists’ primary weapon of choice.

😭PASSING PARADE…
*Legendary voice actress June Foray (Natasha Fatale and Rocky of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Cindy Lou Who in the animated version of How The Grinch Stole Christmas, and way too many other credits to list them all)
*Original Marvel Comics staffer “Fabulous” Flo(rence) Steinberg has passed away.

Sunday, July 23, 2017

It's summertime. A magical season when kids are out of school and finally get to be kids again, at least for a while; parents continue to worry about their children, and can't wait for them to be back in school again.

I know Bubblehead always worries about me. After all, who can you get to "babysit" a companion dragon when you're at work???

Anyway, some parents also worry that during the summer their children will forget everything they've learned in school the previous year.

NOT ME!
My brain is like the Bermuda Triangle. Knowledge goes in, never to be seen again.

After all, did you know that the best hollandaise sauce can be found in Nome, Alaska?
Why?
That's because ♫there's no place like Nome for the hollandaise.♫

Go ahead. Quiz me.

♫Are you ready to rock?♫

What do you get when you cross a stream and a brook?
Wet feet.

What do you call a song sung by an automobile?
A cartoon.

What rock group won't sing?
Mount Rushmore.

See, I know a lot of stuff!
None of it may never help me on one of those "standardized tests", but...

Anyway, a day is a span of time no one is wealthy enough to waste. So I think I'm going to make another attempt at raiding Bubblehead's secret stash of delicious Belgosian Dark Chocolate, although I have no idea why he thinks it's a secret stash since I know about it, and then this baby dragon is going to have some more summer fun!

Take care everybody! Have a great week, and please be back here again next weekend for more Sunday Funnies!—wd.

THE TERRORIST REPORT…
*Sadly, bombs are still the terrorists’ primary weapon of choice.

😭PASSING PARADE…
*Actor Martin Landau (The original Mission: Impossible, Ed Wood, Space: 1999) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.
*Director George A. Romero (the modern zombie pictures) has passed away.
*Actor Trevor Baxter (credits too numerous to mention) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.
*Chester Bennington, singer/songwriter for Linkin Park, Dead by Sunrise, and Stone Temple Pilots.
*Actor Harvey Atkin (Cagney and Lacey, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.
*Actor John Heard (Big, Prison Break, Home Alone 1) has taken his last bow on life's stage.
*Red West, friend and band mate of Elvis Presley, has passed away.

*Back from vacation, the Senate has postponed voting on “Trump Care” while Senator John McCain is on medical leave after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. The Free Choice E-zine wishes McCain a speedy recovery. Yet Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell apparently still wants to at least have “Obama Care” repealed once and for all, even if it isn’t immediately replaced. (There are 3 separate links in this item.)
*How McCain's absence will affect the Senate, along with the Trump/GOP agenda, remains to be seen.ELSEWHERE…

COMMON BONDS
The items within each subset below have something in common. Do you know what it its?
01. {Jimi Hendrix, “Weird” Al Yankovic} = Both have been opening acts for The Monkees, 1967 & 1987, respectively.
02. {Announcer Don Pardo, Journalist Walter Cronkite} = Both were the first to break the news to their respective audiences (NBC for Pardo, Cronkite: CBS) that President John F. Kennedy had been shot in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.

TRIVIA TIME
In television, what is a “back door pilot”?
When an existing series tries an idea for a new show. If successful, then the new show becomes a spin off, otherwise, you just have another episode of the existing series.

Sunday, July 16, 2017

♫Oh see the U.S.A. in a Chev-ro-let...♫ began a post World War 2 sales jingle to promote Interstate traveling in hopes of selling more cars.

But while traveling the highways and bi-ways of the land, long before a gallon of gas started costing as much as a Sunday newspaper, can you imagine some of the unique towns one encountered along the way...

And as usual, my comments are in italics.

BURNT CORN, ALABAMAWell, what other veggies are available for dinner?

WHY, ARIZONAWell, why not?

POSSUM GRAPE, ARKANSASDon't think I've ever had that fruit before, but the name doesn't sound very appealing.

ZZYZX, CALIFORNIAThat's what you get when you let a cat walk across your keyboard!

HAPPYLAND, CONNECTICUT or LITTLE HEAVEN, DELAWAREI guess it's all a question of perspective.

EXPERIMENT, GEORGIAWow! A state that encourages scientific advancement!

GOOD GRIEF, IDAHOIs that where Charlie Brown moved to?

SANTA CLAUS, INDIANAIs that where Saint Nick vacations when he's not working on Christmas?

WHAT CHEER, IOWAI wonder what they're happy about? Maybe they should talk to Connecticut and Delaware.

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